New York plans to create regulations that will guide virtual currency firms that operate in the state, possibly requiring them to hold a “BitLicense,” the state’s top banking regulator said Tuesday, one day after a major arrest in the bitcoin universe.

Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s Superintendent of Financial Services, said such regulatory guidelines would seek to bar misconduct like money laundering while not cornering in booming cryptocurrency technology. His comments came during the start of hearings this week - organized by the New York Department of Financial Services - on the future of online currencies.

Which has nothing to do with the article. NY has no plans to make Bitcoin legal tender and baring a war of revolution has no such authority to do so. It is legal to accept the Euro for payment of goods and services in NY (or just about anywhere in the world). The Euro is not legal tender in NY (or anywhere in the United States). Making something legal, or regulating the exchange of it, doesn't make it legal tender. NY also regulates the exchanging of dollars into alcoholic beverages. Is alcohol also legal tender in NY?